HiI am a chinese in Beijing ChinaI am doing BBQ things and wood tent stove for camping.I am thinking to develop thermoelectric power generator to charge mobile phone.and I find this great place.Stirling engine must have much higher efficiencey than TEG.I will teach myself here first

Looks like that’s me to be the new one :) living in the netherlands, retired.Want to make just the best stirling, have the concept ,but need to find out much first like the best volumes for the displacer /working cylinder.The plan is for a gamma ,and i always thought that if the displacer goes to the cold end the gas heat up and drive the power piston.But some movies show it the other way around. Nice can of worms :)Basic idea will be a multi cylinder, hot end temp 400 to 1000 , cold end 10 to 40 deg.C. 50 CC/cylinder. for a start.

It's really only the lay out of the engine that makes the difference between ALPHA, and BETA, every thing still works the same, ratio's are the same, just that in the BETA motor the transfer from one cylinder to the other is cut to zero.When the displacer is at the cold end, the gas is heating up, and the displacer is moving back, and the piston is moving down.Welcome to the forum.Ian S C

Hi folks,New guy here. I think Stirling engines are cool and would enjoy building some. I'd like to move away from the table top versions and build a large one. I'm mainly interested in low delta T versions but have never seen one scaled up to a useful size.

Hi! I did post a separate intro but will recap here. I'm new to hot air/Sterling engines but do have a background in mechanical things, fixing and tinkering. While considering a small steam engine for a motorized bicycle the Sterling is very intriguing and may be a more desirable solution if I can first determine its suitability to this application.

I just found and joined this forum today April 5, 2016 (I posted this in the wrong place so I am reposting here)I am retired and have a long time interest in Stirling engines and would really like to see them replace IC engines at least in small engine area.I like to tinker and would like to build a few Stirling engines.My location is rural Missouri, USApcbu99

Hello everyone! I'm Fred from Switzerland. I'm 35 years old, I recently made my first stirling engine from scratch (tin cans) and I'm looking for informations about sizing a FPSE. I think I'm in the right place!As you maybe could read, ... English is not my mother tongue, I speak French so please be indulgent with my English...

Thank you very much for registration and of course for all the useful information that is being posted in this forum!I'm rather new to the subject, but already gave it a first try. My goal is to build a stirling engine in order to power my barbecue spit on the fire. I decided on a Beta-Type design with a diaphragm as a working piston. My machining skills are continuously getting better, but I'm not yet confident in going for a close-fit cylinder solution - that's why.

So I'll try to make my first engine run and would be very glad on your opinions and recommendations.

New here. I am an engineer with a strong interest in heat engines. My particular interests are non conventional, untried concepts... hence none of my attempts have worked to date. I'm hoping to change that with the collective knowledge of this group!